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In some senses, he is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
[hɪj]
noun 10pron 5name 2det 1intj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
abstract, credulous, enough, glad, great, highest, lucky, many
VERB + HE
age, feel, felt, hand, looking, praising, recognized, surprise
HE + NOUN
anything, belike, college, consonant, hebrew, i'm, mother, piano
PREP.
around, from, in, on, on, per, than
ADV.
always, away, naturally, sometimes
Definitions
pron
1
A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.
That friend of your cousin's, he's on the phone.
[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.
2
They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).
The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
First, to avoid the cumbrous ‘he or she’ and ‘his or hers’, and the ungrammatical ‘they’ when used in the singular, I have mostly stuck to saying ‘he’ or ‘his’. I hope that this will be understood in an unchauvinistic, gender-neutral way.
3
It; an animal whose gender is unknown.
4
A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.
JUPITER is the largest of all the Planets, his Orbit lies between the Orbits of the Earth and Mars, and at the cast Distance of 426 Millions of Miles from the Sun, he goes round him in 11 Years, 314 Days and 12 Hours; […]
He [= the ship Bismarck] was made to rule the waves across the seven seas […]
det
1
Synonym of his.
noun
1
The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
2
The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game.
3
A male.
Is your cat a he or a she?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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That friend of your cousin's, he's on the phone.
Wiktionary02
[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fe
Wiktionary03
"It was he we saw the tracks of down by Rausand hill."
Wiktionary04
Is your cat a he or a she?
Wiktionary05
The same number in the Hebrew mysteries and Cabalistical accounts was the character of Generation; declared by the Letter He, the fifth in their Alphabet.
Wiktionary06
This Nehama claimed that in his own hand he recognized the consonant “he” of his Hebrew language, and in the letter “vav” his own male soul.
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